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UCLA course allows students to apply Spanish language skills in real-world setting

Books in a classroom are often not enough as Latino community members have much to share with Spanish language students, said Carla Suhr, a Spanish linguistics professor and director of the Community Engagement Program. Read more...

Photo: In Spanish M165XP, students are connected to opportunities to work with local communities while learning and practicing their Spanish language skills. Organizations in fields including health care, legal services and education have partnered with the course to accept student volunteers. (Courtesy of Lauro Pilar)


UCLA extends class drop deadline to week nine for winter quarter

Faculty and student leaders expressed optimism after UCLA announced that students can drop classes until week nine without fee or transcript notation. The new policy in place for the winter quarter allows students to drop both impacted and nonimpacted classes much later into the quarter than previously allowed. Read more...

Photo: UCLA is allowing students to drop impacted classes through week nine without fee or transcript notation to accommodate for unforeseen circumstances. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin staff)



UCLA community members stage sit-in to demand hybrid learning options

This post was updated Feb. 1 at 6:17 p.m. Dozens of UCLA students and community members staged a sit-in protest on Monday in front of Chancellor Gene Block’s office in Murphy Hall. Read more...

Photo: Students and other members of the UCLA community staged an indefinite sit-in protest Monday in Murphy Hall, demanding a meeting with administrators regarding remote learning options as UCLA returns to in-person learning. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Center for Mexican Studies seeks to merge academic scholarship, community action

When Gaspar Rivera-Salgado became the director of the Center for Mexican Studies, he soon received invitations to collaborate with colleagues in Mexico and the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles. Read more...

Photo: Labor studies lecturer and Labor Center project director Gaspar Rivera-Salgado was appointed as director of the Center for Mexican Studies in July 2021. He is now working to connect academic researchers and universities across the U.S.-Mexico border and use the position to make a difference in political issues. (Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)



Student leaders call for hybrid learning, expanded remote options past Jan. 28

Student leaders believe implementing hybrid learning after Jan. 28 will promote educational accessibility and empower students who might be hesitant to return to in-person instruction. UCLA extended remote instruction through Jan. Read more...

Photo: The Disabled Student Union is calling on the university to provide online learning options when UCLA returns to in-person instruction. (Photo illustration by David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)



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